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The Scroll newspaper has been in print since 1905, when BYU-Idaho was known as the Ricks Academy, a locally run school with a newly-developed high school program. At the time this newspaper was known as the “Student Rays,” and was printed monthly. In 1933 the name of the newspaper changed to “The Purple Flash.” In 1937 the name was changed again to “Viking Flashes,” and in 1938 the name finally changed to “The Viking Scroll.” The paper continued under this name until 1972, when it changed to “The Scroll.” The Scroll is still in print at BYU-Idaho as its official newspaper.

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veteran V e t eran 0 of f six wars javors favors f acors traditional tia tra d I 1 t lona iona I 1 aay day d a y by richard charnock WEISER ida UPI A veteran of six wars wants to see the rest of the nation join idaho and other states that have returned to the traditional november 11 observance of veterans day CG jack latimer of weiser welser like the idea of designating the fourth monday in october for the celebration just to provide another three day weekend for the working man he prefers the traditional date says the 91 year old warrior theres a lot of people in this country who know what a veteran is he says a man at the bank asked him the other day you mean you risked your life in six wars he says he replied 1 I risk it any more than anyone else did in the view of jack latimer everybody owes something to his country latimer first saw military service with the army in the spanish american war later he served in the boxer uprising in china the philippine insurrection on the mexican border with black jack pershing in 1916 in world war I 1 and world war II 11 he was wounded twice in the philippine insurrection and twice in france during world war I 1 although he was not a career military man in the usual sense latimer spent 24 years in service to his country including the army the marine corps and in world war 11 II in the navys lighter than air unit proud of his country hed do the same thing over again were he to live his life over in fact he says hes ready to serve the united states right now if the country needed him born in winnebago minn on august 12 1882 latimer was reared on a farm in his long life he has served as a deputy sheriff in king county washington as a cook and as a logger among other pursuits he shot a mean game of pool until just a few years ago when his eyesight began to fail he walks about a mile into the weiser business district when he wants something from the store when he was past 60 he built a house from scratch in california he still loves to cook but his wife sometimes runs him out of the kitchen because his taste buds arent quite what they used to be and he tends to his food but when you sit and talk with latimer you quickly learn that the highlight of his life has been service to his country he is proud to have served in six wars and he keeps the campaign medals ribbons and other momen mementoes toes wrapped in velvet he still has an old 45 caliber automatic from his service days latimer put up a flagpole in his front yard and he flies the stars and stripes with pride whenever the weather permits and especially on holidays such as veterans day As a man who enlisted in the armed forces he prefers a volunteer army he thinks the presidents war powers should be enhanced to meet emergencies not curbed and he thinks the united states should stay out of war unless it goes into a conflict to win it american involvement in viet nam baffled him see VETERAN page 2 Z the J bbs hns scroll W vol 86 no 24 ricks college rexburg Rex burg idaho tuesday november 13 1973 me members hers lers missionaries s stressed at conference IN the concept that thai all church members are missionaries was stressed sunday at quarterly conference sessions of the ricks college first and second stakes student members of the 25 branches on campus and officers and visitors were told by elder H burke peterson first counselor in the presiding bishopric of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints to be obedient to counsel and to meet the great challenge of life to prepare ourselves to go back to our father in heaven to get all the way home to get back into the presence of our father in the celestial kingdom other speakers at the conference sessions sunday morning stressed example on the part of church members to bless the lives of others in taking them the gospel message peterson who spoke at three meetings one saturday afternoon attended by branch dennies and high council members and two sunday morning told the students and stake and branch leaders there is a war on between satan and god he told of satans gatans counterfeit proposals that would take people from the gospel path he told the students to be spiritually strong and to overcome the physical desires the carnal desires served up in beautiful packages by satan as counterfeit plans and designs to keep children from their father in heaven the idea that a person can do anything he wants to do is a counterfeit claim the speaker said satan would have us believe that loose morals are permissible per this is satans gatans evil design he urged the students to discern between the counterfeit and the real between the things of god and satan obedience brings contentment peace and nd happiness we only receive blessings because we are faithful the lord does not give blessings to build faith blessings come through faith and obedience peterson said the priesthood is not what it is supposed to be and do what it is supposed to do without the great strength that comes from wives mothers and daughters exaltation has a reservation for couples only man alone cannot travel back to god alone he must have a mate the speaker said president lavere A ricks president of the first stake told the students we express love for god as we serve our fel he added that the gospel is designed to bring happiness to men president F melvin hammond of the second stake urged all to be missionaries there are many waiting to be fed the bread of life former catholic monk to give last lecture dr john staley john staley a professor of sociology at brigham young university will speak at the thursday assembly at 2 pm in the john W hart auditorium the assembly is sponsored by the last lecture series a series of 12 lectures designed to make students more aware of the important things in life this lecture is the fourth in the series staley a former roman catholic priest in a pittsburg diocese was baptized a member of the church in 1967 he has served as the superintendent of the sunday school in in philadel phlas chias Wynn cete ward and is presently serving as deacons quorum advisor in the orem 22 ward WEATHER OUTLOOK I 1 HELP cloo CLOU DY editors note beginning today a new feature is added to the scroll weather outlook henceforth it will appear with a weather map for complete weather details see page 2 of issue show cancelled the art and hobby show scheduled for three days this week has been cancelled the academics office which was sponsoring the event reported the reason for cancellation was that they have no person to head their art program any students interested in heading the art field for academics is encouraged to pick up an application in the office music groups set program the ricks college Vik aliers and the opera workshop will present a concert friday at pm in the kirkham auditorium the two groups will present a program of music and dance ranging from excerpts and scenes from operas sacred music pops swing patriotic and folk to seasonal music of thanksgiving and christmas many of the students involved not only sing but also play instruments dance and basically produce their own program members of these two groups are selected on the basis of advanced musical and vocal training Vik aliers and opera workshop are a part of the ricks college best program there is no admission charge for this concert devotional elder sterling W sill assistant to the quorum of the twelve apostles will be the devotional speaker this afternoon at 2 in the john W hart auditorium band bond concert scheduled A band concert by the symphonic band and the sound alliance is set for wednesday night at 8 in the kirkham auditorium the symphonic band is composed of 96 members from 25 states and three foreign countries they will present six descriptive songs the opening number will be the washington post march the second number windjammer is the music taken from that movie it describes the trip of a norwegian sailing ship louvre deals with art as it describes five scenes of the development of the renaissance the song paints scenes of the portals the childrens gallery kings of france the nativity and a finale dinner planned for delta phi edward E drury jr washington DC temple president and former president of the delaware maryland mission will speak at the annual delta phi thanksgiving dinner at the lyman ward chapel wednesday at pm all return missionaries are invited to attend with dates the cost per couple is